Characteristics of slow conduction zone demonstrated during entrainment of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia of left ventricular origin

The American Journal of Cardiology
K OkumuraH Yasue

Abstract

Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with the right bundle branch block pattern and left-axis deviation has been shown to be due to reentry, but the property of the slow conduction zone within the reentry circuit is little understood. In 7 patients (mean VT cycle length [CL]: 361 +/- 49 ms), rapid pacing from the right ventricular outflow tract was performed during VT while recording electrograms at the early activation site in the left ventricle and at the right ventricular apex; also, conduction times from the pacing site to these recording sits (St-A and St-B intervals, respectively) were measured. Both constant fusion (except for the last paced beat) and progressive fusion were seen in all patients, indicating VT entrainment. The left ventricular site was captured orthodromically with an St-A of 394 +/- 57 ms at the pacing CL of 351 +/- 47 ms during entrainment, while the right ventricular apex was captured directly with an St-B interval of 63 +/- 19 ms. The St-A interval was gradually prolonged with the shortening of the pacing CL, whereas the St-B interval remained unchanged. VT was interrupted in all patients at the pacing CL of 279 +/- 39 ms. The effects of intravenous lidocaine (1 mg/kg) and verapamil (1 mg) were ex...Continue Reading

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